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Ashendene Press.- Thucydides. [History of the Peloponnesian War], one of 260 copies, original white

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Ashendene Press.- Thucydides. [History of the Peloponnesian War], one of 260 copies, original white

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Ashendene Press.- Thucydides. [History of the Peloponnesian War], translated by Benjamin Jowett, [one of 260 copies], printed in red and black with text in Ptolemy type, side-notes in Blado Italic, chapter headings designed by Graily Hewitt, initials by Eric Gill, original white pigskin, by the W.H.Smith bindery, spine titled in gilt and with seven raised bands, uncut, some very light soiling, spine slightly yellowed, preserved in red buckram drop-back box (a little rubbed), [Hornby XXXVII; Franklin p.242], folio, Ashendene Press, 1930.

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Ashendene Press.- Thucydides. [History of the Peloponnesian War], one of 260 copies, original white

Name: Ashendene Press.- Thucydides. [History of the Peloponnesian War], one of 260 copies, original white
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